RemoteXs

Anywhere anytime access to your digital resources

Comparison Document
Your Remote authentication Software evaluation is incomplete
until you check out the comparison between different features of
RemoteXs – Ezproxy.
Here is a list prepared based on customer queries.

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Email: [email protected] Web: www.remotexs.in
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 *- USP features for RemoteXs
Sr. Features RemoteXs Hosted Service (RXs) EZproxy Onsite version (EZ)
No. Availability YES -Y / No - N
I Admin Portal Brief Description RXs EZ
1 Admin Dashboard Simple view of System & User Y Not available N
statistics
2 Console based User User friendly admin portal for easy Y Text file based system for user N
Management user management management

3 Resource User friendly interface to manage Y Multiple TCP port configuration or DNS Y
Management* white list of resources. entries to be created.
4 Email* notifications Standard Email templates for users Y Not available N
& publishers
5 Reports* Comprehensive reports module. Y Basic Y

6 Bandwidth User category wise per day Y Not available N

Monitoring download limit & alerts
7 SDI Email based currently Y Not available N
8 Alerts Alerts via Email & Portal Y Not available N
II Captive Web portal* CMS based device responsive portal Y Not available N
to maintain resources
III Resource Accessibility & Search
1 Single sign-on Seamless access to subscribed Y requires remote users to undergo Y
resources once user logs in with validation per browser session
registered email.
2 Support for Libraries Support for linking videos, image Y Not available N
digital content* galleries, e-resources, e-books on a
single platform

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 3 Support for resource Resource wise help can be provided Y Not available N
based training on the portal for each resource

4 User category based Validity and Access to individual Y Not available N

resource access & resources can be configured as per
validity* user requirement

IV User Management & Authentication

1 Auto password To avoid misuse, system can auto Y Not available N
generation & expiry* generate & expire user password

2 User Self registration Users can self register with auto Y Not available N
approval support
3 Concurrent login Options to allow/disallow Y Not available N
concurrent session from same ID
4 Bulk import Staff can import users from csv in a Y Staff needs to submit a text file. Y
single click
5 User Category Staff can create user categories Y Staff needs to submit a text file. Y
easily
6 Auto Email * Alerts Email alerts as per user Y Not available N
categorization for better reporting
7 LDAP; OAUTH; SAML Support for multiple authentication Y Available Y
;SSO authentication services
8 2 Factor * Mobile, Sms, Email based OTP Y Not available N
Authentication authentication; Google
Authenticator
V Data Analytics*
1 User category wise Admin can generate detailed reports Y Not available N
usage statistics based on user category/ group

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 2 Resource wise usage Resource wise detailed usage Y Yes Y
statistics reports available
3 Date/ Day wise usage Resource & user category wise Y Not available N
statistics reports available
VI Database Backup Provided by data centre. Auto back Y Will depend upon institute data backup Y
facility up on external site can be setup for policies
clients requesting the same.

VII System Availability & user experience

1 Uptime* 99.9% Y Will vary with Institute N
2 User Experience Will not depend upon Institute Y Will depend upon institute internet Y
internet bandwidth
3 IT knowledge Library staff needs minimal IT skills Y Skilled IT system admin is required to Y
required to run the to maintain the system monitor & run the system
system
4 IT infrastructure Minimal. Actually since the service is Y Dedicated IT infrastructure needed Y
requirement offered on cloud hosting model,
Library doesn't need any dedicated
IT infrastructure

Disclaimer: Above comparison is based on product information available online or provided by librarians who have used the services of respective solution provider.

Éclat Engineering Pvt. Ltd.; E-212-Titanium City Center, Anand nagar, Ahmedabad-380015, India
Email: [email protected] Web: www.remotexs.in
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